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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'Some Puzzles of Ground' and 'Philosophy and Politics'

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

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Strong Kleene disjunction just needs one true disjunct; Weak needs the other to have some value [Fine,K]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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Formal grounding needs transitivity of grounding, no self-grounding, and the existence of both parties [Fine,K]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / f. Against democracy

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Democratic institutions become impossible in a fanatical democracy [Russell]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

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Liberal opinions are tentative rather than dogmatic, and are always responsive to new evidence [Russell]

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Empiricist Liberalism is the only view for someone who favours scientific evidence and happiness [Russell]

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Empiricism is ethically superior, because dogmatism favours persecution and hatred [Russell]